All researchers to be submitted to REF 2021

Key recommendation of Stern review is adopted to help reduce workload for institutions

Published on
December 8, 2016
Last updated
February 16, 2017
Holly Else
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Level playing field? One education researcher said that while everyone would like to think that changes to the REF will reduce the instance of institutions working the system to their advantage, he doubted that would happen given the hypercompetitive HE
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Reader's comments (2)

#1 Submitted by SteveTT on December 9, 2016 - 3:15pm
This: “Suddenly universities might turn around and say so and so is not looking like they are going to produce a REF-able return so do we put them on a contract that will remove them from a research contract” Or: "... not looking like they are going to produce a 4x4* REF-able return ..." Three star stuff won't bring in enough money by 2021 so anyone with , say, a 2x3* + 2x2* return will have to be shunted on to a 'teaching dominant' contract. It'll be interesting to see what the age/gender/ethnicity profile of the 'REF-ables' will be in 2021. Established white males over 55 perhaps??? To those who have is given more!
#2 Submitted by jreades on December 12, 2016 - 3:40am
Could you include the actual URLs for consultations please?

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